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A comment on Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Problems’. Parent comment

Re:Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Probl... by ucaetano on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:37PM (#18408048)
> No one was ever going to carpet bomb a wedding.

Not a wedding, indeed, an entire town, with possibly dozens of weddings happening at the same time. Plus hospitals, schools, etc.

If you had to pick between carpet bombing and smart bombs, which one would you pick? (And consider you don't have a choice, like the trolley problem, you NEED to pick one).

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Re:Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Probl... by mrguyorama on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:48PM (#18408159)
>And consider you don't have a choice

How do we not have a choice to NOT bomb a desert on the other side of the world?

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Re:Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Probl... by openfuture on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:32PM (#18408594)
Okay let's just assume I figured out a clever way around your constraints while still avoiding the answer you want us to give. Are you just going to add another constraint to hide from the truth?

Can you at least accept that the burden of proof is on the guy who wants to go bomb random people not on the pacifists.

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Re:Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Probl... by 3131s on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:00PM (#18408281)
> And consider you don't have a choice, like the trolley problem, you NEED to pick one

Can I choose to drop the bomb on Americans instead?

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